Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Aaronovitch
Born

1964 (age 51–52)


London, England

Occupation Author/Writer
Notable works Rivers of London
Remembrance of the Daleks
Spouse Marie Aaronovitch (née Fofana) (m. 1992)[1]
Relatives Owen Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch

Ben Denis Aaronovitch (born 1964) is a British author best known for the best-selling Rivers of London series of novels.

Biography

Family

Aaronovitch is the son of the late economist Sam Aaronovitch, a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain,[2] and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch.[3] He attended Holloway School.[4]

Doctor Who and TV work

Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who serials Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) and Battlefield (1989) for BBC television, and also the novelization of the former.

He wrote one episode for Casualty (1990) and was then a regular writer on science fiction series Jupiter Moon.[5]

He subsequently wrote or co-wrote three Doctor Who spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range; he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart who became a semi-regular in the New Adventures. He has also written a novel and several short stories published by Big Finish Productions featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield, who was originally developed in the New Adventures. He also co-wrote a Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish, and has written a number of Blake's 7 spin-off audio dramas.

Rivers of London

Aaronovitch currently lives in Wimbledon and is working on a series of urban fantasy police procedurals (Rivers of London).[6]

Television

Doctor Who

Casualty

Jupiter Moon

Dark Knight

Audio Dramas

Blake's 7

Doctor Who

Novels

Doctor Who novelisations

Virgin New Adventures (Doctor Who)

Rivers of London

Others

Comics

Rivers of London - Body Work

Rivers of London - Night Witch

Short stories

Rivers of London series

References

  1. ↑ England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
  2. ↑ Barker, Martin (1992). A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-61703-747-4. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ↑ John Grahl (8 June 1998). "Obituary: Sam Aaronovitch". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010.
  4. ↑ The Old Camdenians Club. Retrieved 31 January 2015
  5. ↑ "Ben Aaronovitch". Zeno Agency. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Exclusive: Rivers Of London coming to television". Den of Geek.
  7. ↑ "Del Rey Buys Ben Aaronovitch's RIVERS OF LONDON Series…". Zeno Literary Agency. 2010-03-01. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
  8. ↑ http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2016/09/the-hanging-tree-announcement/

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